#BCBE6D#BCBE6D

#BCBE6D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.104 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCBE6D
RGB	rgb(188, 190, 109)
HSL	hsl(61, 38%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(61, 43%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 42.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.22, -12.60, 40.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.22, 42.46, 107.26°)
OKLab	oklab(78.2% -0.0353 0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(78.2% 0.104 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.9135, 48.6232, 21.6423)
Luminance	0.4862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCBE6D #6F6DBE

analogous

#BE976D #BCBE6D #93BE6D

triadic

#BCBE6D #6DBCBE #BE6DBC

tetradic

#BCBE6D #6DBE97 #6F6DBE #BE6D93

square

#BCBE6D #6DBE97 #6F6DBE #BE6D93

split-complementary

#BCBE6D #6D93BE #976DBE

monochromatic

#797A36 #A2A549 #BCBE6D #CFD197 #E3E4C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BCBE6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#BCBE6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCBE6D

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCBE6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCBE6D	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B866

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABB71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcbe6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 190, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.104 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d198',
    500: '#bcbe6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcbe6d;
$custom-light: #d1d198;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcbe6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.481,
    "s": 38.389,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78195,
    "c": 0.10403,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCBE6D

secondary

#B4B3D3

accent

#59CE5C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCBE6D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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